\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{1}{chapter.1}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {2}Foundations and Related Work}{3}{chapter.2}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {3}Methodology}{7}{chapter.3}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.1}Analysis}{7}{section.3.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1.1}Writing systems}{7}{subsection.3.1.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1.2}Thinning}{8}{subsection.3.1.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1.3}Feature extraction}{8}{subsection.3.1.3}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.3.1}Perimetric complexity}{8}{subsubsection.3.1.3.1}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.3.2}Center of Gravity}{8}{subsubsection.3.1.3.2}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.3.3}Variance in Center of Gravity}{8}{subsubsection.3.1.3.3}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.3.4}Density}{9}{subsubsection.3.1.3.4}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.3.5}Height and Width}{9}{subsubsection.3.1.3.5}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.3.6}Aspect Ratio}{9}{subsubsection.3.1.3.6}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.3.7}Connected Components}{9}{subsubsection.3.1.3.7}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.3.8}Maximum segments}{9}{subsubsection.3.1.3.8}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.3.9}Number of Corners}{9}{subsubsection.3.1.3.9}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.3.10}Number of holes}{9}{subsubsection.3.1.3.10}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.3.11}Gradient Orientation}{9}{subsubsection.3.1.3.11}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1.4}Classification}{10}{subsection.3.1.4}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.2}Synthesis}{10}{section.3.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.1}Fitting a Multivariate Normal Distribution}{10}{subsection.3.2.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.2}Simulated annealing}{11}{subsection.3.2.2}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.2.1}Search space}{11}{subsubsection.3.2.2.1}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.2.2}Initial candidate solution}{12}{subsubsection.3.2.2.2}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.2.3}Energy function}{12}{subsubsection.3.2.2.3}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.2.4}Mutating}{12}{subsubsection.3.2.2.4}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.2.5}Temperature}{13}{subsubsection.3.2.2.5}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.2.6}Stopping criterion}{13}{subsubsection.3.2.2.6}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {4}Implementation}{14}{chapter.4}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.1}Analysis}{14}{section.4.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1.1}Writing systems}{14}{subsection.4.1.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1.2}Representation}{14}{subsection.4.1.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1.3}Thinning}{14}{subsection.4.1.3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1.4}Features}{14}{subsection.4.1.4}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.1.4.1}Perimetric complexity, connected components and holes}{15}{subsubsection.4.1.4.1}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.1.4.2}Center of gravity}{15}{subsubsection.4.1.4.2}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.1.4.3}Density}{15}{subsubsection.4.1.4.3}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.1.4.4}Convexity}{15}{subsubsection.4.1.4.4}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.1.4.5}Gradient orientation}{15}{subsubsection.4.1.4.5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1.5}Machine Learning}{16}{subsection.4.1.5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.2}Synthesis}{16}{section.4.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.1}Simulated Annealing}{16}{subsection.4.2.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.2}Representation}{16}{subsection.4.2.2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.3}Technical considerations}{16}{section.4.3}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {5}Results}{17}{chapter.5}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {6}Discussion}{21}{chapter.6}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {7}Conclusion}{22}{chapter.7}
\contentsline {chapter}{Appendices}{22}{chapter.7}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {A}Glyphs}{23}{appendix.A}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {B}Code}{24}{appendix.B}
\contentsline {chapter}{Bibliography}{51}{lstnumber.-12.147}
